Crescas and Gersonides on Freedom, Astrology, and Divine Omniscience

Crescas’s position on human freedom is dialectically rooted in the philosophy of his medieval predecessor, Gersonides. Crescas accepts Gersonides’s view that although the celestial bodies influence human affairs, human beings have the ability to overcome their predetermined fate. However, Crescas re...

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Main Author: Green, Alexander (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
Year: 2023, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 57-72
Further subjects:B Light of the Lord
B Providence
B Astrology
B Crescas
B Gersonides
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